Poor physical growth or level of weight, relative to one's age peers.
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Submitted on July 07, 2010
Additional definitions for 'failure to thrive':
failure to thrive | Used other than as an idiom: see failure, thrive. |
failure to thrive | Abnormal weight loss, malaise. |
failure to thrive | Instances of poor physical growth or of abnormal weight loss. |
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